ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,425, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to NCS VACUUM TECHNOLOGY (HEFEI) Co. LTD. (Anhui, China).

"Rotary cathode end block" was invented by Jinshan You (Anhui, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotary cathode end block in this application comprises an end case body. A conductive drive shaft is rotatably installed in the end case body through a bearing, and one end of the drive shaft penetrates from the end case body and is fixedly connected with a target installation flange. A conductive central support is fixedly connected to the end case body. The central support is integrally formed with a connection shaft. One end of the conne...